Heel-blacking machine.



J. B. FONTAINE.

HEEL BLAGKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.6.1910.

1,074,707. Patented Oct. 7', 1913.

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JOHN BAPTISTE FONTATN E, OF MARLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NOR TO ELECTRO WELD COMPANY, OF MARLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

HEEL-BLACKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '7, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BAPTISTE FON- TAINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marlboro, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heel-Blacking Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it applies to make and use the same.

In order more fully to describe my invention reference will be had to the accompanying drawing, in which like parts are designated by like characters.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of the same.

A is a circular brush, of conical longitudinal section, rigid with the shaft C, which rotates in the bearings I, being driven by the belt F and pulley V.

B is a thin disk, rigid and concentric with shaft D, which rotates in bearing G by means of belt E and pulley Y, the said rotation being in the same direction as that of the brush A but of a different speed. The bearing G is adjustable at the slot H to make the front edge of the disk 13 project a suitable amount from the face of'the brush A at the line of application of the heel which is to be blackened, and to vary the said amount of projection at the will of the operator, the better to compensate for the radual reduction in diameter of the brush through wear.

L is a wheel, rigid with the shaft N, which rotates in the bearing J by means of the belt O and pulley X. The function of the said rotating Wheel L is to raise a continuous and even supply of the liquid blacking from the tank K, into which it dips, up to and upon the brush A.

A suitable and adjustable scraper, as P is provided to scrape 0E any surplus blacking, and spread out evenly all the blacking upon the brush; and a suitable and adjustable wiping device as R is provided for the purpose of wiping off any blacking from the back of the disk B.

The operation of the machine consists in applying the heel to the rotating brush, in such a way that the rotating disk B, at its point of projection beyond the brush,

will engage the shoe between the edge of the heel seat and the upper, and then by a dexterous movement of the hands turning the shoe in a plane parallel to the plane of the disk, all the time keeping the disk engaged in the said groove between the heel seat and the upper until the entire edge of the heel is blackened.

The rotation of the disk is very important as it assists the operator in manipulat ing the shoe. It is also important that its speed of rotation should not coincide with that of the brush as it is by means of this feature that the blacking is prevented from collect-ing at the edge of the brush next the disk in too large quantities. When the heel is applied to the brush it is necessary that there should be only enough blacking on the edge of the brush and the disk to penetrate to the bottom of the groove between the heel seat and the upper. Any more than this will cause it to show on the upper and injure the finish.

The object of using a brush with conical longitudinal section is that the heel may be kept in a plane practically parallel with that of the disk throughout the operation, the conical shape of the brush acting as a complement to the partially conical shape of the heel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a rotary brush, a disk in juxtaposition with said brush and rotatable in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of rotation of said brush, and means for rotating said brush and disk simultaneously but at different rates of speed.

2. The. combination of a rotatable circular brush, a rotatable disk parallel to and overlapping the brush, and means for rotating the brush and disk simultaneously at difierent rates of peripheral speed, said means comprising independently driven shafts the axes of which are substantially in parallelism.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

JOHN BAPTISTE FONTAINE. Witnesses:

RAoUL H. BEAUDREAU, F. W. COLLIER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

